Aim at the highest, and never mind the money.

—L. M. Alcott.


[CONTENTS]

CHAPTER PAGE
I.Red Pineys[1]
II.Her Uncle John[23]
III.Aunt Jimmy[38]
IV.A Caged Bird[58]
V.Mrs. Lane plays Detective[77]
VI.Bird’s Cousins[103]
VII.Summer in New York[131]
VIII.The Flower Missionary[146]
IX.’Ram Slocum’s Taunt[162]
X.Lammy consults Old Lucky[181]
XI.The Pewter Tea-pot[202]
XII.The Tug of War[217]
XIII.Telltale Trousers[225]
XIV.The Fire-escape[242]
XV.The Bird is freed[258]